Travel Blogs from Big Bear City

... fire and joined them for some chatter and song. I busted out my harmonica and acted like I knew how to play. I had a great day back out on the trail. Me and Dogood, a 21 year old blonde haired hiker from Kentucky took off from the campsite around 10 am and began a 2.5 mile road walk out of iddlywild and up towards the mountains where the Pacific crest trail reopened from the past fire closure at the very top. It was a Saturday so there were day hikers ...

We got to the mile 266 turn around where the PCT intersects highway 18. This is where hikers are expected to use their hitch hiking skills and catch-a-riiiiiiiide! We got there around 9 and put Becca right to work getting us a ride. It was a Sunday morning so most of the highway traffic was headed the opposite direction though many of those individuals pulled over just to offer an encouraging "y'all are badass!" We appreciated the kindness but were still stuck at ...

... as we travel around. We're going to the Alamo and riverwalk maybe tomorrow but probably on Tuesday. We are working our way slowly back to mn. Checking the weather each day. Toooooo cold yet but we hope by the middle of the summer it will be warm enough to venture home. ...

... I set up D4 for time lapse photography, capturing 6 hours of wide angle skies and compressing down to a 25 second video. The Winds came around 1amâ¦..and sleep was sketchy for both of us from that point onâ¦.but we were very warm in the down sleeping bags. ...

The day started with the gut-wrench of finding a parking ticket on the car windscreen. Buggar. I had displayed my visitor's permit, and my overnight exemption code in the window. My crime was parking next to a fire hydrant. Evidently, if you park within 15 feet of one of these silver things, you get a ticket and the chance to pay the City of Beverly Hills $93 or $186 if you’re late paying. For ...